We've got our hands full with 8 cats. I can imagine yours are fun on winter nights when they all have to crawl in between and under the covers and trap you so tightly you have to wet the bed. Anyway, here's a few of ours (haven't gotten pictures of 5 of them yet):

Big Darryl being embarrassed by his harness while Cosmoe mocks him

Little Darryl freaking out in his tube

Big Darryl doing his imitation of my ugly nephew

And lastly, Big Darryl saying hello to all the ladies on the intertubes

You're welcome. It's something we see a lot in my practice so I've got a lot of experience with it. Like you said, it's found in water (lakes, puddles, etc) so dogs get it all the time. Giardia cysts are also found in the feces, which is why I warned you.

It's something that's usually overlooked at shelters. They routinely medicate for other parasites like roundworm but often overlook giardia. No worries though, it's something that can be cleared up pretty easily with some Metronidazole (flagyl).

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I have a cat named Chewie. Not named after Chewbacca, though, he was named for the fact that he was chewing on my shirt at the time we were thinking up names for him and his brothers (Loki and Banshee).

My wife had wanted a dog for months, and Valentine's Day approached... so I started doing the shelter rounds. There sure are a lot of shelters in Monterey County! There's the county shelter, Salinas city shelter, Marina city shelter, Monterey SPCA at Laguna Seca, Animal Friends in Pacific Grove... not to mention all the ones in Santa Cruz County.

At the Monterey County shelter, I found this one:

None of the other animals had that kind of enthusiastic writing on their cards, obviously this one was popular with the staff.

I took my wife to him, she fell in love, and one neutering later, we had a dog. His name: Sam.

Yep, named after him.

I had another game dog name in mind...

... but the wife said, "hell no".

So Sam he became.

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I got to visit this sweet sweet dog when I went to see Legion and his wife a few weeks ago. The pictures do not do that personality justice. My birthday's Easter Sunday and they're bringin' him down. Hooray for me.

My wife had wanted a dog for months, and Valentine's Day approached... so I started doing the shelter rounds. There sure are a lot of shelters in Monterey County! There's the county shelter, Salinas city shelter, Marina city shelter, Monterey SPCA at Laguna Seca, Animal Friends in Pacific Grove... not to mention all the ones in Santa Cruz County.

At the Monterey County shelter, I found this one:

None of the other animals had that kind of enthusiastic writing on their cards, obviously this one was popular with the staff.

I took my wife to him, she fell in love, and one neutering later, we had a dog. His name: Sam.

Yep, named after him.

I had another game dog name in mind...

... but the wife said, "hell no".

So Sam he became.

Ok so Sammy was a name I already had in mind, so it wasn't totally based on that character from Sam and Max.

I picked out Sammy. Brendon wanted this scary looking "Kill you in your sleep" looking dog. HA! Sammy was in both of our top 4 (Sam being my #1).

My friend had one of those bug-eye goldfish. I named it Quasimodo. It was an air bubble junky. Used to get high on them, float to the top of the tank, and then desperately try and swim to the floor. Kept me entertained for a hours at a time.

You know, this was also the first name I suggested for our pup. It got nixed as well.

Take that as a lesson, husbands (and boyfriends): Make your wife/girlfriend play Fallout before you suggest naming her sweet, little new puppy "Dogmeat". Or at least don't suggest the name in front of your future in-laws.